Billie Yorke
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Billie Yorke was a British
tennis
player of the 1930s.
At the French Open, she won the women's doubles three years running, along with Simone Mathieu
(1936–1938). With the same partner, she also won Wimbledon in 1937.
She also won the mixed doubles at the French Open in 1936, along with Marcel Bernard
.
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Tennis
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player of the 1930s.
At the French Open, she won the women's doubles three years running, along with Simone Mathieu
Simone Mathieu
Simone Mathieu was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.-Career:...
(1936–1938). With the same partner, she also won Wimbledon in 1937.
She also won the mixed doubles at the French Open in 1936, along with Marcel Bernard
Marcel Bernard
Marcel Bernard was a former French male tennis player. He is best remembered for having won the French Championships in 1946. He defeated Jaroslav Drobný in the finals by the score of 3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.In the same French Open , Bernard also won the Men's Doubles with Yvon Petra...
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Doubles titles
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Partner | Finalists | Score | ||
| 1 | 1936 | French Championships, Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... |
G. Slam | Clay (ext.) |  Simone MathieuSimone Mathieu Simone Mathieu was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.-Career:... |
 Susan NoelSusan Noel Susan Noel-Powell was an English squash and tennis player.-Achievements in squash:Noel won the British Open three times in a row from 1932 to 1934. She won the final in straight sets on all three occasions. She was also the runner-up at the championship in 1939, when she lost to Margot Lumb.Noel...  Jadwiga JędrzejowskaJadwiga Jedrzejowska Jadwiga Jedrzejowska was a Polish tennis player. Because her name was difficult to pronounce for many people who did not speak Polish, she was often called by the nicknames "Jed" or "Ja-Ja".Jedrzejowska reached the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament on three occasions, still a record for... |
2-6, 6-4, 6-4 | 1936 French Championships | |
| 2 | 1937 | French Championships, Paris | G. Slam | Clay (ext.) | Simone Mathieu |
 Dorothy Andrus Sylvie Jung Henrotin |
3-6, 6-2, 6-2 | 1937 French Championships | |
| 3 | 1937 | Wimbledon | G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.-Career:... |
Phyllis Mudford King Phyllis King Phyllis April King is an English poet. She was involved in writing much of Ivor Cutler's later material and appears on King Cutler, Dandruff, Velvet Donkey and Jammy Smears.... Elsie Goldsack Pitman |
6-3, 6-3 | Wimbledon 1937 1937 Wimbledon Championships -Men's Singles: Don Budge defeated Gottfried von Cramm 6-3, 6-4, 6-2-Women's Singles: Dorothy Round Little defeated Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6-2, 2-6, 7-5... |
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| 4 | 1938 | French Open, Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... |
G. Slam | Clay (ext.) | Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.-Career:... |
Arlette Halff Nelly Adamson Landry |
6-3, 6-3 | French Open 1938 1938 French Championships (tennis) List of Champions of the 1938 French Championships :-Men's Singles: Donald J. Budge defeated Roderick Menzel 6-3 6-2 6-4-Women's Singles: Simone Mathieu defeated Nelly Adamson 6-0 6-3... |
Doubles finals lost
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Winners | Partner | Score | ||
| 1 | 1933 | Wimbledon | G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.-Career:... Elizabeth RyanElizabeth Ryan Elizabeth Montague Ryan was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 30 Grand Slam titles. Nineteen of those titles were in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record for those two events... |
Freda James Hammersley Freda James Winifred Alice "Freda" James was a British tennis player of the 1930s.... |
6-2, 9-11, 6-4 | Wimbledon 1933 1933 Wimbledon Championships -Men's Singles: Jack Crawford defeated Ellsworth Vines 4-6 11-9 6-2 2-6 6-4-Women's Singles: Helen Wills Moody defeated Dorothy Round Little 6-4, 6-8, 6-3... |
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| 2 | 1938 | Wimbledon | G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Sarah Palfrey Cooke Alice Marble Alice Marble Alice Marble was a World No. 1 American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships : 5 in Singles, 6 in Women's Doubles, and 7 in Mixed Doubles.-Early life:Born in the small town of Beckwourth, Plumas County, California, Marble moved with her family at the age of... |
Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.-Career:... |
6-2, 6-3 | Wimbledon 1938 1938 Wimbledon Championships -Men's Singles: Don Budge defeated Henry Austin 6-1 6-0 6-3-Women's Singles: Helen Wills Moody defeated Helen Hull Jacobs 6-4, 6-0... |
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| 3 | 1939 | Wimbledon | G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Sarah Palfrey Cooke Alice Marble Alice Marble Alice Marble was a World No. 1 American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships : 5 in Singles, 6 in Women's Doubles, and 7 in Mixed Doubles.-Early life:Born in the small town of Beckwourth, Plumas County, California, Marble moved with her family at the age of... |
Helen Hull Jacobs Helen Jacobs Helen Hull Jacobs was a World No. 1 American female tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles. She was born in Globe, Arizona, United States.- Tennis career :... |
6-1, 6-0 | Wimbledon 1939 1939 Wimbledon Championships -Men's Singles: Bobby Riggs defeated Elwood Cooke 2-6 8-6 3-6 6-3 6-2-Women's Singles: Alice Marble defeated Kay Stammers Bullitt 6-2, 6-0... |
Mixed doubles finals lost
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Partner | Finalists | Score | ||
| 1 | 1936 | French Open, Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Marcel Bernard Marcel Bernard Marcel Bernard was a former French male tennis player. He is best remembered for having won the French Championships in 1946. He defeated Jaroslav Drobný in the finals by the score of 3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.In the same French Open , Bernard also won the Men's Doubles with Yvon Petra... |
Sylvie Jung Henrotin Martin Legeay |
7-5, 6-8, 6-3 | French Open 1936 1936 French Championships (tennis) List of Champions of the 1936 French Championships :-Men's Singles: Gottfried von Cramm defeated Fred J. Perry 6-0 2-6 6-2 2-6 6-0-Women's Singles: Hilde Sperling defeated Simone Mathieu 6-3 6-4... |
Singles
| Year | Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
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| 1934 | - | 2nd round (1/16) | H. Hull Jacobs Helen Jacobs Helen Hull Jacobs was a World No. 1 American female tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles. She was born in Globe, Arizona, United States.- Tennis career :... |
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| 1935 | - | 3rd round (1/8) | S. J. Henrotin |
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| 1946 | - | 1st round (1/32) | J. Patorni |
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Doubles
| Year | Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
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| 1933 | - | - | Final J. Hammersley Freda James Winifred Alice "Freda" James was a British tennis player of the 1930s.... |
S. Mathieu Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.-Career:... E. RyanElizabeth Ryan Elizabeth Montague Ryan was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 30 Grand Slam titles. Nineteen of those titles were in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record for those two events... |
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| 1936 | - | Won S. Mathieu Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.-Career:... |
Susan Noel Susan Noel Susan Noel-Powell was an English squash and tennis player.-Achievements in squash:Noel won the British Open three times in a row from 1932 to 1934. She won the final in straight sets on all three occasions. She was also the runner-up at the championship in 1939, when she lost to Margot Lumb.Noel... JędrzejowskaJadwiga Jedrzejowska Jadwiga Jedrzejowska was a Polish tennis player. Because her name was difficult to pronounce for many people who did not speak Polish, she was often called by the nicknames "Jed" or "Ja-Ja".Jedrzejowska reached the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament on three occasions, still a record for... |
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| 1937 | - | Won S. Mathieu Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.-Career:... |
D. Andrus J. Henrotin |
Won S. Mathieu Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.-Career:... |
P. M. King Phyllis King Phyllis April King is an English poet. She was involved in writing much of Ivor Cutler's later material and appears on King Cutler, Dandruff, Velvet Donkey and Jammy Smears.... E. G. Pitman |
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| 1938 | - | Won S. Mathieu Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.-Career:... |
A. Halff N. A. Landry |
Final S. Mathieu Simone Mathieu Simone Mathieu was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.-Career:... |
S. P. Cooke Alice Marble Alice Marble Alice Marble was a World No. 1 American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships : 5 in Singles, 6 in Women's Doubles, and 7 in Mixed Doubles.-Early life:Born in the small town of Beckwourth, Plumas County, California, Marble moved with her family at the age of... |
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| 1939 | - | - | Final H. H. Jacobs Helen Jacobs Helen Hull Jacobs was a World No. 1 American female tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles. She was born in Globe, Arizona, United States.- Tennis career :... |
S. P. Cooke Alice Marble Alice Marble Alice Marble was a World No. 1 American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships : 5 in Singles, 6 in Women's Doubles, and 7 in Mixed Doubles.-Early life:Born in the small town of Beckwourth, Plumas County, California, Marble moved with her family at the age of... |
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